Wonderful Folk Art Squirrel Doorstop in Gorgeously Alligatored Green Paint handmade milking stool --horsehair bristles

--horsehair bristles

He is marked on the bottom but difficult to ready--all I can make out for certain is '"Copyright'"

1940s or early 50s

Just perfect to my eye

and numbered 36 from an edition of 95

Wonderful Folk Art Squirrel Doorstop in Gorgeously Alligatored Green Paint handmade milking stool --horsehair bristlesI don't think I've ever seen a better squirrel silhouette than this one, holding I assume an acorn in its paws, or one clad in a better coat of paint than this green, which has alligatored to total perfection. Definitely this is an early one as far as American folk art wooden doorstops go; based on the nails and paint and the monochrome, I would think 19th c. Really a beautiful thing. 7 1 2" t x 5 1 8" w x 7" d and in very good aged condition, stable